Action was halted in the first Modified heat when Roger Van Roy’s throttle stuck heading into turn 3. With such a high rate of speed the car spun and went tail first into the wall crushing the rear of his chassis. His racer then made a trip on top of the wall and slid to a stop back on the track upside down in turn 4. The wreck resulted in a trip to the hospital for Van Roy. Word from the safety crew is that he was awake and alert but suffering some back pain. Everyone at Seymour Speedway is wishing Roger a speedy recovery.

Next week June 16 will be for the kids featuring a big wheel race and the Sport Fours will try their hand at a Bump-N-Run race. The nightly events will be brought to you by Jackson Point Sports Grill & Banquet Hall.

Veteran racer Mike Wedelstadt who has over 100 career feature wins paced the field with Rookie Brad Lautenbach for the Budweiser IMCA Modified main. As the green flew Lautenbach wasted no time working the middle groove of the speedway pulling out to a lengthy lead. Troy Jerovetz jumped into second and when a caution flew on lap 7 it put him right on the leaders back bumper. As the green flew again Jerovetz worked the low groove and Lautenbach still in the middle. Jerovetz pulled even with the leader and stayed within striking distance the entire race but it was all Lautenbach up front leading wire to wire. The former IMCA Sport Mod standout earned his first career IMCA Modified feature win. Jerovetz scored a strong second, Jason Czarapata third, Jay Matthias fourth and Kurt Moeller used an IMCA Sport Mod to take an impressive fifth.

Coming into the night Jeremy Wiitala, JJ Heinz, Rod Snellenberger and Shawn Wagner all sat tied for the point lead in the Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars.

Draw redraw format for the first of three Summer Holiday Classics put JJ Heinz on the front row and he quickly jumped to the lead with Wagner giving chase. The duo quickly distanced themselves as they began to search the very wide and smooth racing surface for traction. Jeremy Wiitala suffered mechanical issues and was forced to the pits early. Wagner began to pressure Heinz by the midway point with both drivers running the extreme high side. As the battle for the lead heated up Kyle Fredrick, Brandon Czarapata and Rod Snellenberger began to close in. Fredrick was the first to make it a three car battle. A lone caution set up a 3 lap dash to the checkers.

MATTHIAS WINS MOD MAIN WITH HOME-BUILT CAR AT SEYMOUR 5/19/13

Monday, 20 May 2013 02:16

By Edward Anschutz

(Seymour, WI) May 19, 2013 Results- Jay Matthias made a late trip to Seymour Super Speedway a successful one charging from row 6 winning the feature in the IMCA Modifieds. Other feature winners were John Heinz (IMCA Stock Car), Brett Swedberg (Fastrak Late Model) Tracy Wassenberg (IMCA Sport Mod), John Ashcraft (Street Stock) and Brian Johnson (Sport Four). Next Sunday May 26 will feature WDLMA Late Models with the first installment of the three Summer Holiday Classics. Action kicks off at 5PM.

In the Spectator Eliminator Rob Krull took a very wild ride en route to victory which ended with his cherry 1985 Chevy Monte Carlo getting T-Boned. Well it was cherry, Krull lost the handle in turn 3 this left Beau Schroeder with no where to go in his 1970 Monte Carlo slamming head on into the passenger door of Krull to shriek of the crowd. Krull beat Ben Rotter in the final race to take the overall win. Jordan Lesser and “The Land Shark” Jeff Schroeder also competed in the event.